Lumping Cox into Paladino's motley crew
A note about Andrew Cuomo's campaign, which hits Carl Paladino for hiring an unsavory campaign crew.The ad refers to Ed Cox, the New York State Republican Chairman who backed two other candidates...
View ArticleAngry Barack Man
People accusing Barack Obama of being insufficiently “angry” need a Shaft fix. After that, they should get back to evaluating our President as a human being rather than as a stereotype.Yes, stereotype....
View ArticleHenry Kissinger Interview Part 2: China and Vietnam
China has existed as an independent state for close to 4,000 years. After a decline in the 20th Century, the large nation has risen to the ranks of a global superpower in recent decades, replacing the...
View Article40th Anniversary of Nixon's Visit to China
After 22 years of mutual isolation and hostility, it was the trip that transformed the world. From February 21-28, 1972, U.S. president Richard Nixon met with Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou...
View ArticleOpinion: No Southern Strategy? No Problem for Romney
In his presidential run, Richard Nixon employed "the Southern Strategy," an effort to move Southern voters—traditionally Democrats—into the ranks of the Republican Party. Wielding the controversial...
View ArticleMovie Date: 'Closed Circuit,' 'Our Nixon,' 'The Grandmaster,' 'One Direction:...
In this week's Movie Date podcast, Rafer and Kristen wonder if anyone trusts the government anymore, and consider whether beauty is enough to make up for a lack of substance. They also sit down with...
View Article40 Years After Watergate, New Film Lets Nixon Speak in His Own Words
About 40 years ago on August 9, 1974, Richard Nixon became the first president to resign from office, facing almost certain impeachment for his involvement in the Watergate scandal.The most damaging...
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The Hollywood Smile That Lifted the Conservative Brand
Rick Perlstein looks at the tumultuous political and economic situations of the 1970s. In January 1973 Richard Nixon announced the end of the Vietnam War and prepared for a triumphant second term—until...
View ArticleIt Could Take Another Watergate to Get Secret Money Out of Politics
As Election Day approaches, voters have become inundated with expensive campaign ads and flyers, and outside political groups have spent more than $1 billion to sway citizens at the ballot box. But how...
View ArticleWhy Richard Nixon Declared October Country Music Month
Little remembered among the accomplishments of Richard Nixon's presidency is this proclamation: in October 1970, Nixon asked the American people to mark October as Country Music Month.As far as the...
View ArticleHarry Shearer vs. Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon's had a number of jokes made at his expense over the years, but is there comedic genius laying in his own words as well? Harry Shearer, comedian, author, host of Le Show and star of the...
View ArticleWhy Was Nixon So Paranoid?
Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner Tim Weiner talks about his new book on the Nixon presidency. Based largely on documents declassified only in the last few years, One Man Against the World:...
View ArticleNixon's Paranoia, Jesse Eisenberg's New Play, Understanding Free Music
Pulitzer and National Book Award-winner Tim Weiner on the tragedy of Richard Nixon. Jesse Eisenberg on writing and starring in the play, “The Spoils,” with fellow actor Michael Zegen. Playwright Rajiv...
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Biden sees politics of cancer as an obstacle to curing it
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (C) arrives in the House chamber prior to U.S. President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C. Jan.12, 2016....
View ArticleIs the World Ready for a Guaranteed Basic Income?
A lot of full-time jobs in the modern economy simply don't pay a living wage. And even those jobs may be obliterated by new technologies. What's to be done so that financially vulnerable people aren't...
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Can environmentalism become a bipartisan movement again?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: Last Friday, Earth Day was celebrated for the 47th time since its inception in 1970. From the beginning, the environmental movement had strong support...
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Hello, neighbor! #ItsABeautifulDay to pay tribute to Mister Rogers
Won’t you be my public media neighbor? Screen image of Fred McFeely Rogers, a.k.a. Mister RogersNeighborly folk took to social media Friday to pay tribute to Fred Rogers, a public media icon whose...
View ArticleFrank Langella Isn’t Scared of Epic Problems
Frank Langella’s career has been full of complex characters with very dark sides. In the 1970s, he starred in a production of “Dracula” that went from Broadway to the movies. And three decades later,...
View Article6 US Political Campaigns Set to Classical Music
Since the days of George Washington, who campaigned with the ditty "God Save Great Washington" set to the tune of "God Save the Queen," American candidates have harnessed the power of music to stir the...
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A history of the American war on weed
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJOE DOLCE, Author, “Brave New Weed: Adventures Into the Uncharted World of Cannabis”: When my mother was upset that I was writing a book on weed, I pulled this out,...
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